Department of French Language

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Lecturer	Randa BOUDHRAA
Information	Bachelor - French Language Department of French Language Website : https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/module/4787 Semester : S1 Unit : UEF 1.1 Credit : 4 Coefficient: 2
Content	Linguistics I 1. Introduction to the subject: what is linguistics? 2. Grammar and linguistics: two opposing concepts? 3. Historical linguistics: comparatism/language families 4. Ferdinand de Saussure\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s theory: concepts and dichotomies  Language/langue/speech: definition and distinction (notion of dichotomy)  Language: a system of signs  The linguistic sign (SL) and its component: Signifier (sa) / Signified (sé), (2nd dichotomy)  The linguistic sign (SL) and its properties (arbitrariness, linearity, mutability and immutability)  The syntagmatic axis and the paradigmatic axis  Synchrony and diachrony (3rd dichotomy) II 1. Language and its acquisition 1.1. Biological factor 1.2. Psychological factor 1.3. Social factor 2. The oral code/the written code 2.1. Oral characteristics 2.2. Characteristics of writing 3. Linguistic trends (notions and concepts) 3.1. Structuralism and Functionalism 3.1.1. Communication theory (Roman Jackobson) 3.1.2. The functions of language (Roman Jackobson) 3.1.3. Segmentation and linguistic meaning 3.1.4. The principle of double articulation (Martinet) 3.1.5. The principle of economy (Martinet) 3.2. Glossematics (Hjelmslev 3.3. Distributionalism (Bloomfield)
Evaluation	60% Written exams and 40% continuous Assessment